Land Development Code

Austin ignored state law when it passed three housing policies, a Travis County district judge ruled Friday. These policies allowed developers to ignore some zoning rules as long as they set aside a portion of what they built for people earning low incomes.

If passed Thursday, these land code changes would let people build up to three homes where just one or two are currently allowed. It would also lower the amount of land needed to build a house, although the vote on this part of the resolution isn’t until next year.

A group of homeowners is asking a judge to scrap policies that encourage developers to build affordable housing by letting them bypass building restrictions without going through the usual public process.

The legal filing takes aim at several steps City Council has taken since 2019 to loosen limits on how much developers can build, often in the pursuit of more affordable housing.

A panel of judges with the 14th Court of Appeals upheld a lower court's decision that the city failed to follow state law, including the requirement to notify property owners individually of proposed zoning changes.

In an attempt to correct course on a yearslong attempt to rewrite Austin's building rules, the city will argue it did not sidestep state law when drafting new zoning laws.

The City of Austin on Thursday appealed a Travis County judge’s order voiding votes taken in an ongoing process to adopt a new land development code.Last…

In a ruling that could derail Austin’s rewrite of its land development code, a Travis County district judge voided two votes the City Council has taken so…

Lawyers representing a group of Austin homeowners will argue in court this week that landowners have the right to formally protest the rezoning of their…

The Austin City Council is one vote away from finalizing a new land development code, as members took the second of three votes Thursday night. The final…